DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
2000 NAVY PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, DC 20350-2000
OPNAVINST 3400.12A
N4
3 Mar 2022
OPNAV INSTRUCTION 3400.12A
From: Chief of Naval Operations
Subj: REQUIRED OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY LEVELS FOR PROTECTION OF NAVY
INSTALLATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
Ref: (a) DoDI O-2000.16, Volume 1, DoD Antiterrorism Program Implementation: DoD
Antiterrorism Standards of 17 November 2016
(b) OPNAVINST 5530.14E
(c) DoD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, August 2021
(d) OPNAVINST 3400.10H
(e) DoDI 3020.52 of 18 May 2012
(f) SECNAVINST S8126.1B
(g) DoDM 5200.01, Volume 1, DoD Information Security Program: Overview,
Classification and Declassification of 24 February 2012
(h) OPNAVINST F3300.53D
(i) SECNAV M-5210.1 of January 2012
(j) DoDI 5200.48 of 6 March 2020
(k) OPNAVINST 3502.8
(l) OPNAVINST 3440.17A
(m) 10 U.S.C. §2672
(n) DoDD 5525.21 of 9 July 2018
Encl: (1) Required Operational Capability Levels for Protection Navy Installations and
Activities Modification Letter
(2) Definitions
1. Purpose.
a. Based on requirements in references (a) through (n), required operational capability for
protection (ROC-P) levels have been established to support mission assurance (MA), emergency
management (EM), force protection (FP), antiterrorism (AT), physical security (PS), law
enforcement (LE) and other protection responsibilities for Navy installations, activities and
military and civilian personnel.
b. Major changes in this revision include:
